Mackenzie McKee isn’t afraid to break a sweat.
The Teen Mom star offered a look at her American Ninja Warrior-inspired fitness routine, over two months after she welcomed twin daughters with fiancé Khesanio Hall.
In her Aug. 27 TikTok, Mackenzie, 30, and Khesanio playfully competed in a high intensity race in the gym. The reality star went first, starting the obstacle with a few jumps and ten rounds of hula hoops. She then hopped over three blocks, did some one-leg hops and ended the course with five box jumps, completing the challenge in nearly two minutes.
While an impressive run, the football player finished the same race in a quicker time.
And when Mackenzie—who’s also mom to kids Gannon, 13, Jaxie, 11, and Broncs, 8, with ex-husband Josh McKee—isn’t focused on quick obstacle courses, she’s working on her kicking drills to protect her fiancé.
One day prior, she posted a lighthearted video of her trying to kick her leg in the air, but she fell backwards before she could fix her form.
“Obviously you shouldn’t mess with my man in the club!” she jokingly captioned the Aug. 26 Instagram post, which sees her and Khesanio laughing at her failed attempt. “Because I will come along and make a complete fool of myself.”
Indeed, the couple—who got engaged last May—have been inseparable since Mackenzie announced she was pregnant with twin girls in March. And when their babies arrived, the duo gushed over the official start of their family.
“Welcome to the world Ja’Kharie Angie Hall and Ja’Meikah Angella Hall,” Mackenzie wrote on her June 4 Instagram post, which sees the two embracing their baby girls in the hospital. “Both named after our moms, the most beautiful ladies who mean everything to us.”
Meanwhile, Khesanio praised Mackenzie for her unwavering strength.
“You have done so well through this pregnancy and I am super proud of you momma,” the athlete wrote in his own Instagram post. “I know how much you will love and care for our babies and I can’t wait to see them in 10 years, then 20, then 30 and more and more!”
Mackenzie and Khesanio aren’t the only ones putting in overtime in the gym. Keep reading to see more stars revealing their favorite workout techniques…
Kaley Cuoco
Eight months after welcoming her daughter Matilda with Tom Pelphrey, Kaley noted why she loves doing treadmill workouts amid her postpartum fitness journey.
“Putting that incline up is so good for your muscles, and for your circulation,” she told Today.com in an interview published Nov. 22. “I’ll also walk backward, which is amazing for your butt and legs. It pretty much works everything.”
Becky G
After having a transformative year in 2023, Becky revealed how fitness played a major role. “I know at the end of the day who benefits from a healthier me the most—myself,” she told E! News. “Eventually, if you dedicate yourself to it, you will have lived your life longer with this habit than you ever did without it. At least, that’s the way I like to think about it.”
Her go-to workouts? “If it’s a home work out, if it’s stretch, if it’s going outside for a walk—I try to be as consistent as I can be.”
Kelly Clarkson
The Grammy winner explained how moving to New York City helped kickstart her health and fitness journey. “Walking in the city is quite the workout,” Kelly told People in an interview published Jan. 3. “And I’m really into infrared saunas right now. And I just got a cold plunge because everybody wore me down.”
Julianne Hough
Julianne told E! News the exercise she always blocks out time for when she has a jam-packed schedule.
“I know that I can walk around the hills with my dog,” the Dancing With the Stars said. “That’s key because I have to get her out, too. But movement in general, whether it’s 10 minutes or five minutes of something, I have to move my body.”
And when she has more time to break a sweat, she added, “Whether it’s a Kinrgy class or doing Pilates or yoga, the fact that we get to combine all of those modalities is my favorite because I love versatility.”
Kate Hudson
“I always move, even for a few minutes each day. Sometimes I’ll go into a room, turn up the music and just dance. It’s a great way to let loose and feel great.”
DJ Khaled
The record producer opened up about his love for golfing and how it’s helped him slim down.
“I do it every day and I get a chance to sit on the golf cart or walking about to answer an email or a call and handle my business,” he told Us Weekly in an interview published Sept. 20. “It’s so much [more] pleasurable, meaning [being around] the nature, the sun. It cleanses me.”
Lana Condor
“Honestly, my favorite way to break a sweat right now is playing VR. We got a virtual reality headset right as everything was shutting down and it’s been AMAZING during quarantine. There are so many games that make you work up a sweat and it’s so awesome. I am genuinely so sore after I play.”
Padma Lakshmi
“Under normal circumstances it’s going to the gym, but right now I’m taking online classes with my Pilates instructor Britni Lariviere. I’m also trying to jump rope—2,000 strokes each day.”
JoAnna Garcia Swisher
“Family bike rides are big for us right now and I always try to carve out thirty minutes for pilates with Andrea Rodgers and foam rolling with Lauren Roxburgh.”
Janel Parrish
“Running and listening to music. The best outlet I’ve found these last few months being stuck in the house! I feel so great and pumped up after.”
Dascha Polanco
“My favorite way to break a sweat is mix of sex, PRx Performance, hiking, biking.”
Brooke Burke
“By connecting with my audience and motivating them through my Brooke Burke Body fitness app! I’ve been live streaming on the app as well as on my Instagram since the beginning of quarantine in an effort to make fitness fun and innovative. I especially love walking my viewers through total body cardio parties, which is when I crank up the music, let them find their rhythm and let the booty burn. Cardio kicks up your heart rate, so if you’re not sweating, you’re not working out hard enough!”
Whitney Port
“I have been doing a lot of Sculpt, Cardio Boxing and Yoga Classes on the obé Fitness App and virtual classes with Pilates By Amanda. If I don’t have a lot of time, I will do Lauren Gores‘ express workouts on her Instagram.”
Maggie Q
“During lockdown it’s yoga under my own direction. I can go onto so many different tangents and by the time I am done it is often two hours.”
Merle Dandridge
“My trainer, Amoila Cesar, gets lots of results out of me by appealing to my ‘no quit,’ competitive side. He yells and I love it. During quarantine, I got my fix by doing his 6 Weeks of THE WORK on Beachbody on Demand. I also love a rigorous barre class and need daily yoga.”
Rachel Naomi Hilson
“I’ve been doing a lot of dancing in my apartment. I’ll turn on some music and just go. Sometimes it’s more structured, sometimes it’s interpretive, sometimes I twerk. Also hiking!”
Paige DeSorbo
“My go-to work out is P.Volve, I’ve gone to their classes for years and now I stream them at home. I try and workout at least 3 to 4 times a week even if its for 30 minutes. Its all about strengthening and elongating your muscles. It’s my favorite!”
